diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/c2k_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/c2k_defconfig
index 2a84fd7f631cf973fd0ce195312e5e1fb458c07a..671a8f960afa02b8d183a2c0eb069df9a791efc4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/c2k_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/c2k_defconfig
@@ -423,6 +423,8 @@ CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE=y
 CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BOOTX=y
 CONFIG_KEYS=y
 CONFIG_KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/g5_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/g5_defconfig
index 07b7f2af2dca7ed9e06f7baea8e46f904fcb8aba..1ea22fc24ea8be8dc9bfa5492f3c80f42a61f886 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/g5_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/g5_defconfig
@@ -284,6 +284,8 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y
 CONFIG_LATENCYTOP=y
 CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK=y
 CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BOOTX=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_ECB=m
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/maple_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/maple_defconfig
index 02ac96b679b8585a943b60faaf338aeed434c95b..2a5afac2986100115d2a84f889685ee6ed299045 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/maple_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/maple_defconfig
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE=y
 CONFIG_XMON=y
 CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BOOTX=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_ECB=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCBC=m
 # CONFIG_CRYPTO_ANSI_CPRNG is not set
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/pmac32_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/pmac32_defconfig
index 29767a8dfea5173a5cf852f005d20fa60b7998bd..a73626b0905173507abe8712a4916ab90295a17b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/pmac32_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/pmac32_defconfig
@@ -350,6 +350,8 @@ CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK=y
 CONFIG_XMON=y
 CONFIG_XMON_DEFAULT=y
 CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BOOTX=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCBC=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD4=m
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
index aef3f71de5adf55a97e207fc7f201a93322c6187..c86fcb92358e27bc93bd723375d04c9e1c247071 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc64_defconfig
@@ -398,6 +398,8 @@ CONFIG_FTR_FIXUP_SELFTEST=y
 CONFIG_MSI_BITMAP_SELFTEST=y
 CONFIG_XMON=y
 CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BOOTX=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_TEST=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCBC=m
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
index be1cb6ea3a36191e6e34e7b9d0bd046028e32060..20ebfaf7234b1976c3889cb5d32a6015c2e39dcf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/ppc6xx_defconfig
@@ -1264,6 +1264,8 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE=y
 CONFIG_XMON=y
 CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG_BOOTX=y
 CONFIG_KEYS=y
 CONFIG_KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS=y
 CONFIG_SECURITY=y